Lesson 2: SLR Model Evaluation (60 mins)

  • Read the web page as well as sections 2.1 to 2.5. Access sections 2.1 (Inference for the Population Intercept and Slope), 2.2 (Another Example of Slope Inference), 2.3 (Sums of Squares), 2.4 (Sums of Squares (continued)), and 2.5 (Analysis of Variance: The Basic Idea) by clicking on the titled links found on the left side of the web page.
  • Understand the difference between correlation and simple linear regression, and when to apply one or the other